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Wendy Akoth retweeted
This #WorldMentalHealthDay, Let’s listen without judgment, challenge stigma, and turn lived experiences into meaningful change. Every voice matters. Every life matters. #LivedExperiencesKE
Wendy Akoth retweeted
As we prepare for #WorldMentalHealthDay tomorrow, remember that you don’t have to navigate difficult moments alone.
The Inuka Kenya Ni Sisi! Wellness Programme offers free psychosocial support to help you navigate challenges, strengthen resilience and prioritise your wellbeing.
Wendy Akoth retweeted
What practical actions can you take to strengthen collective care and wellness in your community, and how will these actions contribute to real change?” #LivedExperienceKE
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Nobody should feel pressured to disclose personal experiences to prove that mental health matters. Every voice deserves respect, whether shared publicly or privately. #LivedExperienceKE
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Sharing lived experiences helps us question harmful beliefs about mental health. Let's build spaces where people can speak without ridicule, discrimination or unwanted exposure and where their voices lead to action. #LivedExperienceKE
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Shared vulnerability builds an invisible safety net. It creates a community where people know they won't be judged for having a hard day. #CommunityCare #LivedExperienceKE #WorldMentalHealthDay
Wendy Akoth retweeted
We create safer spaces by listening without gossip, respecting confidentiality, challenging stigma and allowing people to share on their own terms. A person's story belongs to them; our responsibility is to treat it with dignity. #LivedExperienceKE
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How can sharing lived experiences help break stigma and create safer spaces for others? #LivedExperienceKE
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If your experience could inspire one meaningful change in how mental health and wellbeing are understood or supported, what would you want that change to be? #LivedExperienceKE
Wendy Akoth retweeted
That we are not statistics. Our stories can fix broken systems. Involve people with lived experience in policy, train providers in empathy, and stop one-size-fits-all solutions. #LivedExperienceKE
Wendy Akoth retweeted
Communities should learn to listen without judgment, organisations should offer accessible support, health providers should show empathy, and policymakers should prioritise mental health. Everyone deserves dignity, understanding, and a chance to heal. #LivedExperienceKE
Wendy Akoth retweeted
Lived experience is valuable knowledge. As youth mental health advocates, we must call for young people to be recognised as partners in research, programme design and decision-making, with our contributions respected and appropriately supported. #LivedExperienceKE
Wendy Akoth retweeted
What should communities, organisations, health providers and policymakers learn from lived experiences like yours? #LivedExperienceKE
Wendy Akoth retweeted
One gap we must address is the availability of accessible, youth-friendly mental health support within our communities. Young people should not have to choose between affordability and getting help. Support must be within reach. #LivedExperienceKE
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What was missing when you needed support, and what do you wish had been available to you? #LivedExperienceKE
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What kind of support has made a meaningful difference in your journey, and what made that support helpful? #LivedExperienceKE
Wendy Akoth retweeted
I have learnt that there is no single story of mental health. Every person's experience is different and unique, and listening without comparison or judgement helps us build more responsive and inclusive support systems. #LivedExperienceKE
Wendy Akoth retweeted
Natamani watu wengi waelewe kwamba mtu anaweza kucheka na kuonekana mwenye furaha huku ndani akipitia changamoto nyingi. Si kila mtu anayesema “niko sawa” kweli yuko sawa. Wakati mwingine, tunahitaji mtu wa kutujulia hali kwa dhati. ❤️
#LivedExperienceKE
Wendy Akoth retweeted
What is one part of your mental health or wellbeing experience you wish more people understood?#LivedExperienceKE
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Feeling heard means someone listens without judging, rushing to fix you, or dismissing your pain. Sometimes, presence is more powerful than advice. Tupeane nafasi ya kusikilizana. #LivedExperienceKE